Why Americans need well-informed national security decisions – not politicized intelligence analysis

By Mark S. Chandler, Professor of Practice and Director, Government Relations - Intelligence and Security Studies Department, Coastal Carolina University

The United States’ security depends on leaders who make well-informed decisions, including matters ranging from diplomatic relations around the world to economic relations, threats to the U.S., up to the deployment of military force. The nation’s intelligence community – 18 federal agencies, some military and others civilian – has the responsibility of gathering information from all over the world and delivering it to the country’s leaders for their use.

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